[Malvern] Multi Core Processors

[Paul Potter]

I thought it was just one socket.

On 12/11/2007, Ian Pascoe <ianpascoe at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm going round in ever decreasing circles!  Can someone please put me
> straight ....
>
> How many sockets, on a motherboard, do multi-core processors require?  I
> originally thought that each processor, no matter how many cores, only
> required the one socket, and if the motherboard had another CPU socket
> spare, you could install a duplicate of the existing one thereby doubling
> your CPU.  However, now I'm not too sure as some multi core processors
> appear to need dual sockets on the motherboard - most notably Intel's
> Quad.
> On the other hand I could have this totally rear end facing forward ....
> help!
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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